单词 | necessity is the mother of invention |
释义 | > as lemmasnecessity is the mother of invention P2. Phrases and proverbs, as necessity has (also knows) no law, necessity is the mother of invention, etc. Cf. need n.1 10.to make (a) virtue of necessity: see virtue n. Phrases 2a. ΚΠ tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 176 (MED) Necessitee nath never halyday. 1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. ix But .ij. thinges are with out lawe, god and necessite. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 18v Necessitie, the inuentor of all goodnesse (as all authours in a maner, doo saye)..inuented a shaft heed. a1555 N. Ridley Pituous Lament. (1566) sig. Diiii The latter reason..includeth a necessitie which after the common sayinge hathe no lawe. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1379 Signior Necessity, that hath no law. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell viii. 104 Necessity, which is the Mother of Wit. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 167/2 in Piazza Universale Necessity is the mother of invention. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 44 Art imitates Nature, and Necessity is the Mother of Invention. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 60 Necessity has no law. 1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story I. Pref. p. iv The Muses..sent in their disguise Necessity, who, being the mother of Invention, gave me all mine. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. iii. 60 Her father could not do otherwise. Necessity has no law. 1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 17 Apr. 9/1 Necessity is the mother of inventions. 1939 ‘D. Yates’ Gale Warning vi. 125 ‘“Don't speak to the man at the wheel” is a very good rule.’ ‘So,’ said I, ‘is “Necessity knows no law”.’ 1967 F. J. Singer Epigrams at Large 43 If necessity is the mother of invention, then demand is the father of supply. 1981 M. G. Eberhart Family Affair xiii. 151 We can't let him go... Necessity knows no law. 2000 Wildlife News (BBONT) Jan. 19/1 Necessity is usually the mother of invention and the Trust's unique ‘Sponsor a Sheep’ scheme is no exception. < as lemmas |
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